Google has already confirmed that the subsequent Android working system, Android 16, will launch sooner than common in Q2 of 2025. Now, a brand new leak reveals the precise date when the working system might arrive on supported Pixel gadgets.
In accordance with a brand new declare, Android 16 will launch on June 3, 2025. Notably, will probably be launched concurrently for each Google’s Android Open Supply Challenge (AOSP) and as OTA updates for Pixel telephones. As per Google’s timeline, the foremost Q2 OTA replace shall be adopted by a minor SDK launch in This fall of 2025 to enhance the soundness of Android 16.
If Android 16 releases in June, then will probably be a full 2-3 months sooner than common since Android 15 started rolling out to Pixel 9 sequence final month. Google notes that the primary cause for the early launch of Android 16 is to permit associate gadgets to get onboard as rapidly as attainable. Due to the early launch, gadgets launching in July, August, and even September would have the window to launch with Android 16, no less than on paper.
Moreover, two-point updates and quicker deployment allow builders and OEMs to benefit from new AI options rapidly. Google notes, “This fall minor launch will decide up characteristic updates, optimizations, and bug fixes because the main launch. It is going to additionally embody new developer APIs, however is not going to embody any app-impacting habits modifications.”
The early launch of Android 16 will even assist Google introduce Pixel 10 subsequent 12 months, someday in August, which is identical timeline as this 12 months’s Pixel 9 sequence. Nonetheless, whereas the Pixel 9 sequence did not debut with the latest OS out of the field, that will not be the case with Pixel 10.
The subsequent model of Android OS, Android 16, has been formally confirmed to be known as “Baklava,” which is not one thing anyone anticipated. Though we’ve not had dessert code names since Android 9 “Pie” in 2018, subsequent Android variations had inner dessert code names: Android 10 was “Quince Tart,” Android 11 was “Pink Velvet Cake,” Android 12 was “Snow Cone,” Android 13 was “Tiramisu,” and Android 14 was “Upside Down Cake.”
Android 15 was known as “Vanilla Ice Cream.” Nonetheless, the Android 16 named “Baklava” breaks the sample, as the subsequent Android model ought to have a dessert identify that begins with the letter “W.” Regardless of the identify could also be, everyone seems to be hopeful that “Baklava” is as tasteful as the actual dessert.
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